I stole this meme from fae_of_the_rose and modified it a bit.

I've made a list of 10 characters and assigned them all numbers. Ask me questions about them ("Is 3 human?" "Who's smarter, 4 or 5?" "What would 2 do if they discovered buried treasure?") and I'll answer. Your mission is to guess which character is which.

Here's the modified part: Since most of the people who read my LJ nowadays are Girl Genius fans, I decided to make my list up entirely of GG characters. Whoever guesses the most right gets a fully inked and colored drawing of any GG character they want! Aaaaaaand GO!

01. Baron Wulfenbach (guessed by schmot_gurl AND tsukara)
02. Krosp (guessed by schmot_gurl)
03. Bangladesh duPree (guessed by schmot_gurl)
04. Ognian (guessed by schmot_gurl)
05. Sleipnir O'Hara (guessed by tsukara)
06. Agatha Heterodyne (guessed by schmot_gurl)
07. Master Payne (guessed by tsukara)
08. Zeetha (guessed by schmot_gurl)
09. Gilgamesh Wulfenbach (guessed by thelittlebudgie)
10. Vanamonde von Mekkahn (guessed by schmot_gurl)

ETA: Wow! That game was fast and furious! But SO much fun. I need to do that again sometime soon. It looks like our winner is schmot_gurl! Okay, dollink, what would you like? ;)

I bought our Christmas tree today. It's a 6'+ Monterey Pine. Every Christmas of my life I've had a real Christmas tree so I just couldn't NOT have one this year. The farm I went to was kind of expensive but it was really the only one that was even close to my place that sold choose-and-cut trees. I found one that had a funny-looking spot on it so it was cheaper than the others its size. The other side is PERFECT and the tree is green and tall and fat. We'll just put the bad side to the wall. Here are some pictures I took of it:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/sweetpea_grubb/da990ee4.jpg --> Isn't it just SO PRETTY?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v118/sweetpea_grubb/d4a35de6.jpg --> Me standing next to it to show how tall it is. I'm 5'7".

We'll probably pick it up next weekend when we get a spot cleared in our living room. YAY! Christmas!

Also, ( the 100 things meme. )

Ganked from shirasade: Color Genics

My surprisingly accurate results:

You are a very sensitive person and you try hard (perhaps a little too hard) to make favourable impressions and to be recognised by your peers. But you have that inherent need to feel appreciated and admired and you are easily hurt if all of your endeavours go by unappreciated or not acknowledged. Stop trying so hard.

All of your dreams and hopes have not materialised and consequently you are unsure of which way to go. This uncertainty has led to considerable stress but you have sufficient 'strength of mind' to overcome this state of affairs although it will take some time.

It is hard for you to accept that your needs and desires are misunderstood by almost everyone within your sphere of influence and there is no one to rely on. Your pent-up emotions and inherent egocentricity make you quick to take offence, but as matters stand you realise that you'll have to make the best of things as they are.

Presently, you are experiencing stress because of restriction on your independence. You need and seek respect from other people and it is essential that they appreciate you for yourself and not for what they would like you to be. You have your own beliefs and convictions and you would like to be respected for them. You are anxious to avail yourself of every opportunity that may come your way but nevertheless, come what may, you have the need to control your own destiny without imposed limitations or restrictions.

You are trying to build up your own position and you resist all external influences. You insist that you are your own person and you will not tolerate any outside interference. Decisive and proud, you are true managerial material.

Wow. That's pretty much dead-on right there.

So I was reading a meme that ekitai (Robyn/Lita) posted and as I was nearing the bottom towards the "tag people" section I just got the feeling that my name was going to be on the tag list. Guess what. It was.

( Said meme. Seven facts about me. )

Yes, you read right. I might be moving to Tokyo for 8 months. I'm going to a Disneyland Tokyo audition in Hollywood on Thursday. It's for a soprano singing role that's PERFECT for me and I'd have SO MUCH FUN doing it! I've been wanting to go to Japan for a long time now, I have friends there, and it'd be an amazing experience. It would be from March until November.

There are only a few things I'd have to take into consideration. First of all, my horse. I'd either have to lease him or find a friend to take care of him for me. With payment of course.

...Nicole? *tentative meep*

Second of all, Karra's wedding. I'd have to fly back over here at least once for Karra's wedding. It's in May. No WAY I'm missing that! I'm a bride's maid for crying out loud and she's my best friend!

Thirdly and hopefully the last conflict would be the fact that my roommates and I will be moving into our new apartment just a few days before I would leave for Tokyo. I have a couple options. I could find someone to take my spot and pay my portion of rent while I'm gone. Or, if my friend Katherine ends up moving in with us she may be able to afford to have the room to herself. If not I could send some money to help out with rent as I'd be making a BUTTLOAD of money in Japan, plus "daily living allowances", whatever those are, I'd have a free apartment, free transportation, and free airfare.

Mind you, this is all IF I make it at the auditions. And even if I get offered a role I'm still not sure if I'd accept it.

All I can say right now is, we'll see. Time for bed. I'm friends with a purple ant tomorrow.

RULES:
1. Leave me a comment saying "Interview me". (If you want to, of course! No pressure at all.)
2. I respond by asking you five questions of a very intimate and creepily personal nature (or not so creepy/personal).
3. Update your LJ with the answers to the questions.
4. Include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the post.
5. When others comment asking to be interviewed, ask them five questions.

I'm only going to interview the first couple of people who respond as I'm currently lacking in the Spare Time department.

( Questions from Seth )

( 10 THINGS meme stolen from jereoonster )

I realized something about myself recently. You know those moments of self discovery when things just suddenly click or make sense?

I always thought I was a very emotional person. I threw a lot of temper tantrums when I was little and really wore my heart on my sleeve when I was a teenager. I've since grown out of those things but I also tend to get angry with people very quickly. Again, I've been learning to deal with that as well, seeking to discuss things before blowing a fuse. It's part of the reason why I dyed my hair red. "Firey redhead" suits me so much better than "boring brunette".

Still, my emotional outbursts have mostly been in anger. My days of getting overly excited or upset or obsessive were mostly in my teen years and I haven't seen much of them lately. My job as of late has been being strong for other people, mostly my family. I've discovered that I've had to ignore my own emotions to help support those around me instead. In fact, I may need to start looking for things to help me start opening up again.

Pastor Andy asked me how I was feeling about my parents' current situation (a whole other fun story in itself) and I was very reluctant to answer. In the end I just told him that I'm fine and I'm mostly just concentrating on helping my mom through this. Though I don't think I'm fine.

Anything that's happened recently that you'd think would garner some emotion from me just... didn't. I haven't cried at church in... probably over a year. Watching certain movies used to make me into a crybaby but I can't remember the last time a movie's made me emotional other than just flat out enjoying it. I don't get as excited and obsessive of things as I used to. If I have any secrets that I'm very emotionally attached to I'm much more reluctant to tell people about them than I used to be. Heck, I didn't tell anyone about me and Joseph breaking up until about a week later. And then it was only Karra (tolerin), Pastor Pete and Seth (rlongbottom). I haven't even told my family yet because I just don't want people asking questions and prying. And heck, I think this is my first time announcing it openly to my flist.

Actually, I think I'm just learning to enjoy life more. Have more fun and not get so worked up about things. I've also done a TON of emotional, mental, and spiritual growing in the past year... especially learning to just be strong and work through things without falling to pieces. I just think I've gone a bit too far and started becoming really closed. Gosh darn it! I need to find a good medium, lol.

BTW: I'll be in LA through Sunday so church people, don't expect to see me at church. I'll be doing interviews and auditions and if I get callbacks that's what I'll be doing Sunday. Sunday, Sunday, Someday!

Pee Ess, I got some new icons today, yay!

A very fun meme that I stole from dandyb and maimed a little.

You know you wanna...

1. Do we know each other outside of Live Journal?
2. Whats your philosophy on life?
3. Would you have my back in a fight?
4. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
5. What is your favorite memory of us?
6. Would you give me a kidney?
7. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
8. Would you take care of me when I'm sick?
9. Can we get together and make a cake?
10. Have you heard any rumors of me lately?
11. Do you/have you talk(ed) crap about me?
12. Do you think I'm a good person?
13. Would you drive across country with me?
14. Do you think I'm attractive?
15. If you could change anything about me, would you?
16. What do you wear to sleep?
17. Would you come over for no reason just to hang out?
18. Where could you see me in twenty years?
19. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
20. Will you post this so I can fill it out for you?

This is the cutest freaking thing I've ever seen:



Also...
( I'm not gonna lie to you to get you to click the cut. It's a long survey meme. )